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CHICAGO – As the United States braces for flu season, everyone who can is encouraged to donate blood if possible. The American Red Cross notes that receiving a flu shot does not affect blood donation eligibility. This Thursday you can donate in Earlville at the Lutheran Church at 407 East

EARLVILLE – Earlville School will be taking a hiatus of in person learning starting today after another staff member tested positive for COVID-19. According to a letter sent home to families, the district will be cleaning the building and start contact tracing all of those who were in close

CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a man died early Tuesday when a stray bullet entered a home on Chicago’s far south side and struck him as he sat at a kitchen table. When gunfire erupted outside the home about 1:45 a.m., police say the 41-year-old man was struck in the chest by a bullet that

By DON BABWIN, ED WHITE and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A woman injured in a police shooting in suburban Chicago says she begged officers to help her boyfriend, who was also shot and eventually died. Tafara Williams and Marcellis Stinnette were shot last week while in

PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department reported Tuesday 13 new COVID-19 infections in the previous 24 hours in Bureau County. There have been a total of 978 in the county since the pandemic began. They also noted that an easy way to remember to keep your

PONTIAC – With the addition of 22 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Livingston County now has had over 700 cases since the pandemic began. The new infections are reported in a pair of children under 10 all the way up to a man in his 70’s. They are all reportedly recovering in